B.O.B.

The past week and a half or so has been extremely overwhelming for me. To be honest, it has been mostly because of math. This was because there was just so many worksheets and I was really struggling with some of the problems. Every night for the last week, I have worked on homework from the time I got home till I went to bed at 11 or so, with a 2ish hour break for dinner etc, and I will admit I still did not finish all the work despite how many hours I invested. Last night, my dad sat down with me for about 2 hours and helped me work through as many of the problems as we could get done, and I came in this morning to work as well. I think I struggled with these assignments because I was not fully prepared my previous teachers and I was not taught the required elements for Algebra 1. Although I really like Mr. Lator, he is not a very good teacher. He did not stay on topic in class, and did not teach us everything we were supposed to learn for future math classes which I am paying for now by not having learned everything. Now that we have completed the test for this unit, I am realizing how exhausted I am mentally and physically. I realize Mr. Jackson says we need to sacrifice sleep if you really want to reach your goals in math, or any goals in general, but in order for me to even be able to pay attention in class, I need enough sleep; I can not be too tired otherwise I will zone out, and not learn anything that day which will put me behind. I am not saying that I am not willing to sacrifice some sleep, but I am going to stay up till 1, 2, or even 3 AM working on homework. Although the video was very inspirational, I am going to apply it to my life in ways other than losing sleep. I will be applying it to tennis, as well as school obviously, since this sport has become such a big part of my life. If I push myself hard enough this winter, I will hopefully become a better player and teammate. I'm sorry this is so long and gets off topic a bit, but Mr. Jackson said to go in depth, so here you go!